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Amide Coupling Reaction for the Synthesis of Bispyridine-based Ligands and Their Complexation to Platinum as Dinuclear Anticancer Agents
Published on: May 28, 2014
Solution aggregation of platinum(ii) triimine methyl complexes
Vikas M Shingade1, William B Connick1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172, USA. vikas.shingade@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The NMR chemical shifts of [Pt(tpy)(CH3)](PF6) (1) and [Pt(mbzimpy)(CH3)](PF6) (2), where tpy = 2,2';6'2''-terpyridine and mbzimpy = 2,6-bis(N-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine, in room-temperature DMSO-d6 displayed concentration dependence as a result of formation of dimers. Quantification of these dimers, expressed by equilibrium constant (K), shows a greater tendency of 2 to aggregate in solution. Structural conformations of these dimers were confirmed by 2D 1H-1H NOESY; the results explicitly suggest a head-to-tail stacking arrangement of molecules in dimers.
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